Tag: Disney
Preview Star Wars Outlaws on PS5 Has a World of Possibilities, But Is Let Down by a Rough Demo
It's easy mm'kay
Despite the overabundance of Star Wars in the last few years thanks to all of those middle-of-the-road Disney+ shows, there’s always been a bit of a white whale for those old enough to remember the pre-Disney era — that being LucasArts’ cancelled Star Wars 1313. While we have an endless number of games where you play as...
News Remastered LucasArts Adventure Games Looking Likely for Release on PS5
Taiwanese rating reveals
We were fortunate enough to receive remasters of a trio of classic LucasArts point-and-click adventures on PS4, and it's now looking like they're being ported to PS5 too. Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and Day of the Tentacle are all playable on Sony's previous console (and technically PS5 as well), but it seems the...
News Disney Doesn't Think It Was 'Overly Exclusionary' to Cut Planned PS5 Version of Indiana Jones
Reckons it financially and strategically makes sense
We learned during Microsoft’s attempts to acquire Activision Blizzard that a PS5 version of Bethesda and MachineGames’ Indiana Jones adaptation was originally planned – until the Redmond firm renegotiated the terms with intellectual property holder, Disney. Discussing this matter directly,...
News PS Plus Premium Will Add PS1's Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Next
Feel the force
The next PS1 title to be ported to PS5 and PS4 as part of Sony’s emulation effort looks likely to be Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, as Disney continues its unprecedented support for the programme. So far, the movie and amusement park giant has pledged several of its classic titles to Sony’s PS Plus Premium tier, and it...
News PS Plus Premium Poised to Add Another Classic Disney Game
Rating emerges for another PSP port
While not every publisher has been supportive of Sony’s drive to bring emulated PS1 and PSP games to PS Plus Premium, Disney has been a surprise ally. And it looks like another of its old tie-ins could be coming to PS5 and PS4 in the near future, as Gematsu spotted the Taiwanese ratings board has added a listing...
News Disney CEO Reportedly Being Pressured to Double Down on Gaming
Bob Iger "noncommittal" about an acquisition
It's been reported that Disney's executives are urging CEO Bob Iger to heavily invest in video games. That's according to Bloomberg, in a wider report detailing the company's current struggles. Apparently, senior suits at the entertainment giant are pushing for Disney to acquire a major publisher in...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Adds Competitive Photography Mode This Week
Wreck-It Ralph's Vanellope von Schweetz also moving in
Disney Dreamlight Valley, with its live service content pipeline, is quickly shaping up to be a real contender to Animal Crossing’s crown – in fact, with this kind of update cadence, it’ll be difficult for Tom Nook to catch up when he does eventually decide to set up a new town. The cosy...
News Soothe Your Yearning for The Simpsons Hit & Run Remake with Soundtrack on Spotify
A perfectly cromulent discovery
For some reason, Disney has seen fit to suddenly release a whole bunch of The Simpsons music on streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. To the surprise of loyal fans, this includes the full soundtrack to the groin-grabbingly good PS2 adventure, The Simpsons: Hit & Run. The beloved open world...
News The Toys Are Back in Town with Disney Dreamlight Valley's PS5, PS4 Update
Tons of new content and improvements
While it may be flying under the radar a little bit, Disney Dreamlight Valley is quietly becoming one of the bigger hits of the year. Available from today, the game’s latest major content update is named Missions in Uncharted Space, and includes the Toy Story Realm, where you’ll find new story arcs and...
Rumour Of Course Disney Wants to Release a New Star Wars Game Every Six Months
One big, one small
Not at all happy with releasing a new Star Wars movie or TV show every ten minutes, Disney is reportedly looking to pump out a new Star Wars video game every six months. This is according to Insider Gaming, with sources saying that the entertainment juggernaut wants one AAA title and one smaller project hitting store shelves every...
News Marvel Not Planning MCU-Esque Connected Universe for Games
"Everyone has the freedom to tell their story"
Marvel, fresh from dominating theatres, is expanding its output of video games – led, of course, by Sony’s own Spider-Man and Wolverine adaptations. With a new Iron Man announced earlier this week, as well other in-development projects like Amy Hennig’s Captain America and Black Panth
News Monsters Inc Spooks PS5, PS4 Mario Kart Rival Disney Speedstorm
Love you, schmoopsie-poo
What do Mike Wazowski, Celia Mae, and Randall have in common? Well, yes, they’re all Monsters Inc characters – but they’ll also be playable in Gameloft’s Mario Kart rival Disney Speedstorm for PS5 and PS4! Announced during a livestream over the weekend, the friendly-yet-feared newcomers will be accompanied by a track...
News Iconic 90s SEGA Genesis Game Gargoyles Getting Remastered
A gargoyle roars
Update: We have more details on Gargoyles Remastered now, although admittedly there’s still not much to go on. Empty Clip Studios, the team behind projects like NHL 94 Rewind, has got the nod to make this, with "updated visuals and controls". Unfortunately, that’s the bulk of the information for now. Original Story: Buena...
Live Watch the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase Right Here
Midnight Suns! Dreamlight Valley! Captain America?
Gargantuan media brands Disney and Marvel are now putting out so many games based on their properties that they're at a point where they can host their own showcase. Therefore, introducing the very aptly named Disney & Marvel Games Showcase. We don't know how long the livestream will be, but you...
Guide What Time Is the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase?
Dates, times, and what to expect
When is the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase? Disney and Marvel have spent the last few years gaining a foothold in video games, and now the companies are hosting a presentation to show us what's coming next. If you're into superheroes in particular, you'll probably be interested in seeing what Disney has in store...
News Disney & Marvel Games Showcase to Spotlight New and Upcoming PS5, PS4 Releases
But no word on Spider-Man 2 or Wolverine
We’re still waiting – hoping? – for word of Sony’s seemingly non-existent annual livestream, but looks like the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase will come first. Scheduled for 9th September, 2022 at 1PM PDT, the broadcast promises “all-new announcements” as well as “new reveals from titles...
Review Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series - Star Wars and VR Are Made for Each Other
Be proud of this technological terror
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series came as a bit of a surprise. We'd expected a bit of a cash grab, but the actual product is decent if unorthodox package. We get a campaign spread across three episodes plus three waves-based challenge modes. There’s actually a surprising wealth of content when viewed...
Guide Is Disney+ Available on PS4?
How to get Disney Plus on PS4
Disney is getting into the streaming game with its very own subscription service, Disney+. For those living under a rock, Disney Plus is the company's answer to the likes of Netflix, exclusively streaming a huge variety of beloved movies and TV shows from its enormous catalogue. But can you stream Disney+ on PS4? Can...
News Disney+ PS4 App Now Available in the UK and Select European Countries
The mouse has arrived
After launching last year in the US, the Disney+ streaming service has finally arrived here in the UK and across certain European countries, with the company planning on rolling it out to even more territories in the near future. For £5.99 a month or £59.99 if you wish to shell out for a yearly subscription, you can gain...
News Disney Wants to Empower Game Developers to Leverage Its Intellectual Property
Going for the kill
Marvel’s Spider-Man and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order have been gigantic hits for both Sony and EA respectively, and the success has encouraged Disney to “empower” more developers to leverage its enormous stable of intellectual property. Considering the company commanded an eye-watering 35 per cent of the film industry as of...
News Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King Officially Announced
New trailer and details emerge
Well, that didn't take long, did it? Earlier today, we reported on a potential remaster of two treasured Disney platformers - Aladdin and The Lion King - and now it's been officially confirmed. You can see some snippets of footage in the announcement trailer above. As you can see, the collection - titled Disney...
News Beloved 16-Bit Disney Games Aladdin and The Lion King Reportedly Getting PS4 Remasters
Right in the childhood
This author has been welcomed back from holiday with a bit of news he never thought he'd see. Disney's Aladdin and The Lion King were two surprisingly good platformers back in the 90s, and it looks like they're making a return on modern machines. The source for this news is slightly dubious but it seems legitimate to us...
News Sounds Like Disney+ Will Be Coming to PS4 When It Launches in November
A whole new world
PlayStation is, first and foremost, about the games, but we'd be lying if we said we didn't make use of the multimedia apps on PS4 too. With services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, BBC iPlayer, and loads more ready and waiting on your console, it's easy to get your movie streaming fix all from one device. By the sound of it, you'll be...
News Disney Happy with EA's Work on Star Wars
Companies have a good relationship
If we’re all honest with ourselves, EA’s done a terrible job with Star Wars to date. The first game in its mammoth contract with Disney, the multiplayer-only Star Wars Battlefront, was perfectly adequate but felt undercooked. Its successor, though, Star Wars Battlefront 2, prompted one of the biggest backlashes...
News Gran Turismo Spotted in Wreck-It Ralph 2 Trailer
Epiphany digital
Wreck-It Ralph 2’s trailer broke the Internet earlier this week, and fans have spent days looking for Easter eggs as the eponymous hero (?) heads down the cyber-highway for an all-new adventure. But one reference that may have been overlooked among Twitter’s iconic blue birds and all of the Disney princesses ever is… Gran...
News Nearly 80,000 People Have Signed a Petition to Revoke EA's Star Wars License
It's a conspiracy
Petitions never, ever work in the video game industry, but with nearly 80,000 people signing a petition to take the Star Wars game license away from Electronic Arts, it's clear that many consumers want to send a message to the controversial company following their antics of the past few weeks. EA's relationship with its customers...
News Cars 3 Looks Driven to Win in PS4, PS3 Trailer
Grease Lightning
Little known secret: Cars 2 on the PlayStation 3 was actually a pretty decent little arcade racer. Cars 3: Driven to Win looks to follow in its predecessor’s footsteps, and while the Pixar spin-off is clearly not going to win any originality awards, it sure could prove a fun little distraction this summer. This gameplay trailer...
Review The Disney Afternoon Collection (PS4)
The collection that flaps in the night
The early-to-late nineties were a renaissance for Disney: the company was not only producing some of the most memorable and innovative films it would ever produce but also releasing spectacular original animated television series. Ducktales, Goof Troop, TaleSpin, Gargoyles, and Darkwing Duck were just some of...
News Disney Infinity Dumped as Avalanche Software Shuttered
Company will license out brands
Disney Interactive is exiting the video game business for what feels like the umpteenth time. The publisher has announced today that it will no longer self-publish console titles, meaning that it's shuttering Avalanche Software and ditching toys-to-life release Disney Infinity. The latter will result in around 300 job...
News Looks Like Star Wars 1313 May Happen After All
Not being sarlacc-stic
If you're a Star Wars fan, you probably remember the Star Wars 1313 trailer – largely because it was excellent. It promised a grittier, more action-adventure based Star Wars game, not unlike Uncharted, and many people were pretty excited for it, considering it explored Boba Fett's past, something that hadn't really been done...
Run-and-Gungan-less
One thing that Nintendo and Star Wars share as a brand is devoted loyalty from their fans, and this can partially be attributed to the immense nostalgia that gamers and film buffs feel from experiencing true excellence. On the 21st November 2015 the Japanese Super Famicom celebrated its 25th birthday, and the SNES earned its name...
News SNES Classic Super Star Wars Charges Its Lightsaber on PS4, Vita
Buy it, you must
Star Wars Battlefront may not be the best sci-fi spin-off in town this week. Sony has confirmed on the PlayStation Blog that SNES classic Super Star Wars will be releasing on the PlayStation 4 and Vita on 17th November – in North America at least. There's no word on how much it'll cost, but
Review Mickey's Wild Adventure (PSone)
Traveller's tenaciously timeless theatrical tales
Every gaming generation has a few genre styles that are dominant, and in the early 1990s scrolling shmups, brawlers, and cutesy mascot platformers were the most prevalent titles on a game shop's shelves. Julian 'Jaz' Rignall was prophetic in his editorial for the February 1991 issue five of Mean...
Rumour Tron: Escape Parks Its Lightcycle on PS4
Trip the light fantastic
Someone get Daft Punk on the line: there's a new Tron game in production for the PlayStation 4. Well, that appears to be the case anyway, as a listing for a release named Tron: Escape has been spotted on a Brazilian ratings board. It's coming to the PlayStation 4 apparently – even though it's the first that we've heard...
E3 2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Dares You to Stand Against the Empire
Exclusive PS4 Boba Fett figure, too
With the actual empire that Disney is building with Marvel, it's no surprise it took advantage of that with the latest instalment in its Infinity franchise. Now, as the owners of Star Wars, it was a no-brainer that Disney Infinity 3.0 would take advantage of that and tackle all things Star Wars. Sony showed off...
News Is Disney Infinity 2.0 on PS Vita a Miniature Marvel?
Not quite, no
Disney Infinity 2.0 launched on the PlayStation Vita yesterday after a last-minute announcement on the PlayStation Blog. The game – which is a GameStop exclusive – will set you back $59.99, but you may be wondering if the port is up to scratch. Well, streamer jojopetv has uploaded a good tw
News Disney Infinity 2.0 Slims Down to PS Vita This Week
Honey, I shrunk the toys
We didn't dream it: Disney Infinity 2.0 really is coming to the PlayStation Vita. You have to understand: we witness a lot of announcements here at Push Square Towers, and occasionally we attribute them to fever dreams. Seeing as we'd heard nothing about the handheld version of Disney's flagship toys-to-life title, we...
News Disney Infinity 3.0 Arrives on PS4, PS3 from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars takes centre stage
If you're already tempted by LEGO Dimensions, then this is going to be an expensive Christmas for you: Disney Infinity 3.0 has just been announced, and unsurprisingly, it's shoving in more Star Wars than you can stomach. Once again, creator Avalanche Software's leading production – but it's getting external help from...
News Celebrate Star Wars Day with Some Okay Games and a Free Theme
Move along
As April comes to a close and May approaches, one thing is on our minds – and no, it's not nicer weather. May 4th marks the annual celebration of Star Wars Day, and so Sony is joining in – or maybe just cashing in, depending on how you see things – on the festivities. First and foremost, the Japanese giant is adding four new...
Video Is Disney Infinity 2.0's Baymax the Best?
Bay to go
Disney Infinity 2.0 is packed full of content to explore, thanks to multiple Playsets that you can purchase, an active community building additional content, and a hugely expansive Toy Box for you to create your very own adventures with. And with fresh characters being released regularly for you to enjoy all of this content with, we...
Video Is Disney Infinity 2.0's Ronan the True Guardian of the Galaxy?
Not you, Keating
Disney Infinity 2.0 is packed full of content to explore, thanks to multiple Playsets that you can purchase, an active community building additional content, and a hugely expansive Toy Box for you to create your very own adventures with. And with fresh characters being released regularly for you to enjoy all of this content with, we...
Video We Find Out if Hiro Is Disney Infinity 2.0's Best Hero
Holding out for a Hiro
Disney Infinity 2.0 is packed full of content to explore, thanks to multiple Playsets that you can purchase, an active community building additional content, and a hugely expansive Toy Box for you to create your very own adventures with. And with fresh characters being released regularly for you to enjoy all of this content...
Video We Go Quackers for Donald Duck in Disney Infinity 2.0
Aw, phooey
Disney Infinity 2.0 is packed full of content to explore, thanks to multiple Playsets that you can purchase, an active community building additional content, and a hugely expansive Toy Box for you to create your very own adventures with. And with fresh characters being released regularly for you to enjoy all of this content with, we...
Review Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes - 2.0 Edition (PlayStation 4)
Infinity just got bigger
Disney was never going to let Activision control the NFC figurine market, and so last year it delivered Disney Infinity – a family friendly title featuring themed Playsets and a LittleBigPlanet-esque Toy Box mode. Disney Infinity 2.0 improves upon many aspects of the original, as well as bringing the franchise to the...
Video Should You Buy Disney Infinity 2.0 for the PS4?
Marvel-ous?
If you’re a regular reader of this site, Disney Infinity 2.0 probably isn’t placed anywhere near to the top of your PlayStation 4 wishlist. However, that doesn’t mean that the release isn’t worth talking about – especially with Marvel characters at the forefront of the package. As such, we’ve teamed up with our friends at...
Video New Toys Assemble for Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes on PS4
Comic book cash sink
The game-cross-toy genre is still alive and kicking, with the bigwigs at the House of Mouse announcing Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 earlier today. A sequel to last year’s Skylanders-inspired playbox, the title will focus on the various icons from its wholly owned comic book...
Rumour Avalanche to Open Disney Infinity's Toy Box on PS4
Sequel to family friendly money spinner seemingly on the way
Disney Infinity may have been pitched as a big playbox of potential, but it seems like developer Avalanche Software is going to need to have another crack at the concept before truly realising its vision. The company – based in Salt Lake City and not to be confused with Just Cause...
Review Disney Infinity (PlayStation 3)
It's a kind of magic
Let's start off by addressing the flying Dumbo in the room: Disney Infinity is not simply a Skylanders clone from the House of Mouse. It's pure, unadulterated Disney magic – and completely worth the arm, leg, and kidney that you're inevitably about to spend on it. Even before Pixar's seminal 1995 blockbuster Toy Story,...
Review Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (PlayStation Vita)
Icky mouse
It’s ironic that the latest blockbuster starring Walt Disney’s most iconic cartoon creation is a bit of a Mickey Mouse affair. Last year’s PlayStation 3 release of Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, the sequel to development juggernaut Warren Spector’s popular Nintendo Wii game, fell flat on its button nose due to shoddy...
News EA Enters Hyperdrive with Exclusive Rights to the Star Wars Franchise
The force is strong with this one
Ever wondered who’s going to make Star Wars games now that LucasArts is no more? The answer is EA, as the North American firm has entered a multi-year arrangement with rights holder Disney to develop and publish titles for the “core gaming market” based on the uber-popular franchise. These releases will...
